The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-16
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RIVER NEWS.
stngo Of the Water and Movements of IL
Bonts.

Stngo of the Wntcr and Movements OF tho
Boats.
The Shirley got away at S:30 o'clock
Saturday night with big trip Of miscel.
laneous goods on board.
The Burnsides is still running in the
Bellaire trade, the repairs to the P rincess
not being yet completed
The Enterprise and Sam Brown passed
down Saturday, and the Barnard, Eugene
and Fred Witson went up.
The Lizzie Bay went out Of the Parkerg-
burg and Gallipolis trade Saturday morn
ing and will run between Portsmouth and
Cincinnati. .7.I
The Andes which is to 20 out on her
annual excursion trip to Cincinnati and
return, tomorrow afternoon, will proba-
bly,. have large number OF passengers
from this city on board. A number living
at points below here have already booked
themselves.
The Katie stockdale passed up at .
o'clock yesterday afternoon loaded down
very deep with her upper works pretty
we'll numbered up with consignments.
Tho Scotia, which passed down in this
Pittsburgh. Cincinnati trade Saturday
morning, was similarly loaded.
The steamer Courier was engaged in the
excursion business yesterday. She mads
tho trip from Marietta TO Steubenyille and
return, having been engaged for this pur-
pose by the Defiance fire company of the
frat named place. The boat touched here
on her return about o'clock last night.
The Beethoven Singing Society gave a
grand excursion yesterday for tho benefit
OF it's members and their friends, to Clar-
ington and other points down the river,
on the popular side-wheel steamer Tele.
gram. kramer's full band and orchestra
was on baud to furnish all the music that
was wanted. a
Capt. T. II. Mong arrived on the
steamer Shirley Friday evening. The old
steamboat veteran looks hale und hearty
alter his extended visit to Southern Cali
fornlA and says that he never spent a
more enjoyable winter. He went to Cum.
berland, Md, Saturday, to see his daugh-
ter and q granddaughter that arrived
while the Captain was in the Southwest.
Tho Andes is due from Cincinnati this
evening, for which point she will leave on
her return trip tomorrow afternoon.
Captain Charlie Muhlemsn ia in com.
mand, and Clerk Mart Noll in the office,
backed by his ablo assistauts, never fails
to please patrons. The Andes is fine,
commodious packet in every respect, Her
passenger accommodations are as good as
can be found on any OF the upper packets,
and her table is also good. ',,53..
Capt. James s. Med Of this CITY,
has contracted for the construction of a
new packet, which will be put in the
Wheeling and Bellaire trade. It is uu-
derstood he will present the boat to his
three eons, Con, James and Murray. The
new steamer will be "a feet in width and
1856 feet in length, and will be fitted up in
fine style. Capt. Charles Knox, Of Har.
mar, Ohio, has secured the contract flor
the hui, and Sweeney & Son will likely
put on the machinery. The three boys
are at present all in the steamboat bust
ness. ~ 3. ,55 -, ~
The officers and managers Of the Louis
A. Shirley are making every effort to &C.
cure the popular old side-wheeler st.
Lawrence Tor the Shirley's trade. 1t will
be remembered that when Capts. Billy
and Charlie List retired from the river
that their boat, the st. Lawrence, was
purchased by q large Cincinnati Transport
tatlon company,the one controlling nearly
al Of the through trade on the Upper
Ohio. The st. Lawrence was kept IN her
old trade for some time, then she was put
IN the Cincinnati=Maysyills trade as q
daily packet, and the Shirley put in her
place IN the Wheeling trade. The Shirley
has been doing very well until lately
when the trade Is becoming too large for
her to properly handle. ss! ;SE4 i